Patents by Inventor Toshiyasu Minami

Toshiyasu Minami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Printing paper with memory element mounted thereon and printing technique using such printing paper
    Patent number: 7048194
    Abstract: A printing paper 70 has memory elements 80 arranged on an upper left corner and a lower right corner on the surface thereof. Each of the memory elements 80 stores printing information used for printing, such as a paper size and a paper type, and transmits the printing information by radio wave, when receiving radio wave of a preset wavelength. A printer 20 has two information collection units 50 attached to a left end and a right end on a rear side of a carriage mechanism 30. Each of the information collection units 50 transmits the radio wave of the preset wavelength and receives the printing information transmitted from the memory element 80 in response to reception of this transmitted radio wave. The printing paper 70 is set in the printer 20 and is used for printing. The printer 20 carries out printing with settings of a paper size, a paper type, and a paper direction, based on the printing information received by the information collection unit 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Minami, Hiroto Nakamura
  • Printing paper with memory element mounted thereon and printing technique using such printing paper
    Publication number: 20040099742
    Abstract: A printing paper 70 has memory elements 80 arranged on an upper left corner and a lower right corner on the surface thereof. Each of the memory elements 80 stores printing information used for printing, such as a paper size and a paper type, and transmits the printing information by radio wave, when receiving radio wave of a preset wavelength. A printer 20 has two information collection units 50 attached to a left end and a right end on a rear side of a carriage mechanism 30. Each of the information collection units 50 transmits the radio wave of the preset wavelength and receives the printing information transmitted from the memory element 80 in response to reception of this transmitted radio wave. The printing paper 70 is set in the printer 20 and is used for printing. The printer 20 carries out printing with settings of a paper size, a paper type, and a paper direction, based on the printing information received by the information collection unit 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Minami, Hiroto Nakamura
  • Expendable supplies, package for packaging expendable supplies, collective package, system for managing expendable supplies, and method for managing expendable supplies
    Publication number: 20030110105
    Abstract: Expendable supplies which are collectable and recyclable are respectively accommodated in packages at shipping. One of different identifiers is given to each expendable supply. The identifier of each expendable supply is the same as an identifier given to the package that packages the expendable supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Minami, Hiroto Nakamura